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PENINSULA! tlTES.;; NEWSY NOTES OF PEOPLE AND THINGS OF MICHIGAN. Vort Huron Suffer a Heavy Losi fcy Fire Michigan- Foresters' Covention Ht Lansing Itepubllcan Covention Date Chanced. Michigan Foresters. Every subordinate court in the state was represented at the annual meeting of the Michigan High Court of Forest ers at Lansing. In his annual address, the high'chicl! ranger, Leo K. Joslyn, of Hay City, stated that the member ship had increased from 8i:t in lSDO to 9,010 .Ian. 1, 1 800. The net increase last year was 1,117. Secretary Cham bers reported 217 subordinate courts in the state, 21 having been instituted, live suspended and two consolidated during the year. The receipts were 5?9,OG3.3:, and balance fcl. 92X41, tho largest for three years. The amount paid Michigan beneficiaries last year was Sf9,0J. The election resulted in the victory for the so-called adminis tration ticket as follows: High chief ranger, Leo K. Joslyn, of Hay City: vice ranger, M. M. Callaghan, of Keed City; secretary, John Cham bers, of Tort Huron; treasurer, O. A. Tnggett, of Caro; physi cian, O. II. Moon, of Howell, organ izer, A. A. Weeks, of Grand llapids; counselor, J. L. Starkweather, of llomco; auditors, John A. Uailev, of Detroit, and W. A. Oldiield, of Port Sanilac. Itoyat Templars of Temperance. Tho iiftcenth meeting, but the first biennial 6ession, of tho Michigan grand council, llo3-al Templars of Temperance, was held at Detroit. Grand Councilor L. W. liobinson, of Ilattle Creek, reported a membership of about 1,000 in Michigan and .10,090 in the United States. The treasurer stated that there was a balance of 84(10 on hand. During the year there were six deaths among the Michigan mem bership. In sick benefits iilSO was paid out. Officers elected: (Irani councilor, L. D. Itandall, Grand liap ids; grand vice councilor, Mrs. K. E. Knapp, Howell; grand chaplain, Mrs. L. E. Ilrown, Greenville; grand secre tary, Miss Josie M. llishop, 1 '.attic Creek: grand treasurer, G. W. Howe, I'ort Huron; grand herald, G. W. llazen, Jackson; grand guard, Z. W. Gooding, Delding; grand scntiucl, 15. S. Colvin, Grand liapids; grand medical exam iner, Dr. O. II. Lau, Detroit; represent ative to supreme council, L. W. liob inson, of Uuttlc Creek. 'i'hri'o Children Humeri to Dent). Theodore Iiose, a farmer near Lain bertville, left his home for his daily work. Shortly afterwards his wife locked up tho house to go and visit her mother who lived some 40 rods distant, leaving her three little children alone. While they were talking the mother looked out of tho window and to her horror discovered her homo in ilames. The poor woman ran as fast as she could to savo her children but when she arrived the houso was a mass of llamo with the roof falling in, Neigh bors and other were attracted to the scene but owing to the intense heat nothing could be dono to save the lit tlo ones. The parents were distracted and had to be restrained from forcing their way into the burning building. The youngest child was only 9 months old and the eldest but fl years. Young; nios'icr Charged With Iinhezziln Pursuant to expectations. Alfred Mosher, Jr., was arrested at Hay City on tho charge of embezzlement, pre ferred by Hertram 1'. Whedon. Police Justice Kelley fixed the bail at 2,000, which was furnished immediately. Mosher appears to treat the charges very lightly, and expects to show that his handling of the money was with out any criminal intent. YVhcdon and loiihcr have been fast friends for 10 years. They were almost inseparable, being associated in business deals and society functions. Their wives were very intimate, and their falling out was caused by Mosher tiling mortgages without securing Whedon, whose tirm was obliged to lile a mortgage a short lime ago as a result of Mosher & Co.'s failure. &1 00,000 Tiro at Tort Huron. Fire started in tho basement of the Uryco block at I'ort Huron and caused a loss of 100,000. The flames were confined to one block, owing to the energetic efforts of the firemen. Mei sel & Hro., dry goods dealers, arc the principal losers. Their loss will ag gregate 800,000, with an insurance of 40,000. M. G. Young, shoe dealer, lost 87,000; insured. Tho Port Huron Guards had 82,000 worth of property in tho basement, insured for 81. Wo. Tho block which was owned by Har vey Hush, was valued at 820,000;insur ance, 815,000. The third floor of tho block was occupied as living rooms by A. Morgan, photographer. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan were almost suffocated. Koine Owosso Factoring In Trouble. When tho Ann Arbor road was built Owosso gave the company several acres of valuable land, some of which was vscd as sites for shops and tho re mainder was released by the company to various institutions, one condition of the leaso being that the firms should do a certain amount of shipping over the Ann Arbor line each month. The conditions in some oft these contracts have not been fulfilled, and the conse quence tho Owosso Electric Co., the Owosso Lumber & Fuel Co., nnd the general produce firm of Aiken tt Whclan have all been notified to va cate nt once. The Owosso Electric Co. Jiave on expensive plant. Allen Clark, an aged Van Iluren county farmer, fell from his sleigh at Decatur and received fatal injuries, Evart Taltlcen, a blacksmith at Hol land, was crushed to death beneath 'a wagon winch fell while lie was repair ing it, Allegan will try the thirdtimo to authorizoi-VW J'0;!.!!!00' 57,000 worth of jojtiJl'l,lO1UJ'u't'cr works pumps. James Dixie, nged 80, a hermit near Wayne, was killed by a Michigan Cen tral train while trying to keep his dogs from being run over. The Y. M. V. A. In Michigan. : Kalamazoo entertained the state con venticn ot Y. M. C. A.'s, which was presided over by President Van Tuyl, of Owosso. Prof. E. O. Excell, of Chi cago, conducted tho 6inging. Reports of secretaries showed Calumet to be in the lead on the score of work done for the year. Their membership increased 570 and the propeity 84,000. The con vention elected ofticers as follows: President, C. A. Stringer, of Hancock; first-vice, W. J. Cocker, of Adrian; second. Dudley Smith, of Detroit; third, J. J. Morse, of Kalamazoo; sec retary, Dr. C. Landon, of Hattle Creek; assistant, L. 1). Sees, of Agricultural college. Republican Convention lit Detroit, May 7 Secretary Ahvard of tho Republican state central committee has changed the date of the Republican convention in Detroit from May 14, which is the date of tho meeting of the State liar association, to May 7. The change of date was made upon the suggestion of Chairman McMillan,' the vote of tho committee being secured by telegraph. MICHIGAN NEWS. A falling limb killed Ratio Hart, near Reading. Pontiac is to have another knitting works emplo3'3ng 100 hands. Albert II. Towne, of Grand Rapids, will go to Alaska with 20 men to search for gold. The Michigan Wood Pulp Co. is building a large factory at Niles for tho manufacture of paper. Mrs. E. L. Wedgewood, injured in the Houseman block tire at Grand liap ids, died from internal burns. Fire destroyed tho Milner planing mill at Dig Rapids. Loss .",000; insur ance SSOO. Probably incendiary. . D. Durling, of Coloma, suicided at the Midway hotel at Denton Harbor by turning on the gas in his room. A secret society with the promotion of free silver as its object is said to have been organized in Arenac county and is said to be spreading rapidly. J. Geo. Cavill, aged 25, died at Lan sing, a victim of the cigarette habit. His mouth and. stomach were in terri ble condition and ho suffered intense agonies. Port Huron's new military company has been mustered into the state ser vico as Co. F, Third regiment, M. N. G., with 03 men enrolled and E. S. Petit as captain. Deecher Kimball, aged 2S, died at his home at Oscoda, from blood poisoning caused by a copper wire piercing his hand while at work at tho electric lighting plant at Standish. Two enterprising Grand Rapids men have asked the council of their city for permission to erect poles and string wires for the construction of an elec tric parcel delivery sj-stem. Fin? destroyed the water works, jail and hose tower at Piuconning. Husi ness is at a standstill, as all mills were supplied from the water works. The loss is S3.000; partly insured. The local option election passed off quietly in Osceola county, and a large vote was polled. Reed City and the township went wet by a majority of 130, but the county went dry by 50 majority. Adrian is ambitious to be a railroad center and is after tho new Lima .Northern, the Michigan. Ohio it South ern and the abandoned Columbus, Lima it Milwaukee, which may be re suscitated. A public meeting was held at St. Joseph to consider tho question of widening the Henton Harbor ship canal and narrowing the river. A com mittee of government ollicials were present and approved the scheme. Att.-Gen. Maynard, in response to many inquiries, Jias issued an opiuion. that women cannot vote at school, vil lage and city elections, the law of '93 giving them that privilege having been declared unconstitutional by the supreme court. Seventh Day Adventists of Rattle Creek, whoso sanitarium has become world-famous, have been oll'ered the castle of a rich Italian nobleman on the island of Capri, within sight of Mt. Vesuvius, for a sanitarium. The prop erty is worth 8100,000. J. S. II. Holmes, the Grand Ledge youth who killed Albert Johnson at Grand Rapids and who has been re leased on bail, contrary to most prece dent, was given a reception by his fricncla. Grand Rapids people don't like this and threaten violence to him. Arthur Derry, an aged colored man, was found making his bed in a fence corner near Greenville during the re cent storm. He was oneo well-to-do, but through a bank failure and the dishonesty of supposed friends ho lost everything and was on his way to the poorhouse when found. David Heaney, a Pickford merchant, left Sault Ste. Marie with n load of general merchandise for his store. His sleigh upset 14 miles from tho Soo and he was buried under the goods. Help was near at hand, but he was dead when extricated. It is said he was somewhat intoxicated. The faculty of the U. of M. is deter mined to brace up the work of the students. In the law department 15 have been fired for poor showing, six placed in lower classes and scores given notice to show immediate improvement. The literary, medical and engineering departments havo also been shaken up. The Detroit it Mackinaw railroad is assembling all its building material at Omer. One hundred cars of steel rail, enough to bui'd 30 miles on the exten sion to Ray City, are being unloaded there. Tho right of way is being se cured rapidly so that the work of con struction will be started as soon as the weather will permit in tho spring. Samuel Edison, of Port Huron, father of Thou. A. Edison, tho inven tor, died at Norwalk, O., after an ill ness of several weeks, aged 93 years. Mr. Edison left his homo just before the holidays, intending to visit his son in New Jersey, and at his son's in Florida. He stopped to visit his grind daughter and was taken sick. Mr. Edison was born in Nova Scotia. The Detroit White Lead works suf fered a 850.000 tire which destroyed all the machinery, a large amount of lin ished paints ready for shipment and a great quantity of raw material. A leaking varnish pump near a gas jet caused the fire. No one injured. "DOWN WITH THE YANKEES" Cry the Spaniards as They Stone the C G. Consulate at Uorcelona. Harcclona, Spain: Tho action of the IT. S. Senate in recognizing tho pro visional government of Cuba as bel ligerents and in calling upon President Cleveland to use his good oflices with Spain to securo tho independence of Cuba resulted in such an outbreak of in dignation that mob violence resulted in Rarcelona and the U. S. consulate was stoned by the maddened populace. i public meeting attended by 15,000 people present was held to protest against interference by tho United States and the speeches were of such character as to arouse the crowd to a high pitch of patriotic frenzy and at the close of meeting the spirit of the crowd took lire and they set off for tho United States consulate. The leaders of the meeting seemed to realize the serious consequences that might fol low upon a demonstration that took this direction and they made every ef fort to dissuade the mob from its pur pose. Rut their utmost efforts were of no avail. The authorities of the city had, by this time, taken alarm and a force oi police was sent to the consulate. The excited crowd was not intimidated by this show of force from gathering before the consulate and shouting "Long live Spain," and "Down with the Yankees." These verbal missiles did not long satisfy the aroused passions of the mob and in a short time stones began flying from the crowd which broke a number of windows in tho consulate. Tho force of police waited for no further manifestation but charged the crowd again and again before they succeeded in clearing the streets of the rioters. Rcing driven away from tho U. S. con sulate, the crowd marched to the pre fecture of police and gathered at tho newspaper offices. There they listened to more oratory and got themselves worked up to the highest pitch of en thusiasm and patriotic spirit. The mili tary club in the city was also the cen ter of excitemcut and there also glow irjg speeches were indulged in to the honor of tho army, which were eagerly listened to and greeted with loud cheers. The preparations of the government are not all of a peaceful character, however. It is significant that the. minister of marine, Admiral Joso Maria Rerlcnger, has issued orders for the training squadron to be prepared to sail. It is regarded as probable that this squadron will pro ceed shortly to Cuba. It has also been ordered that all other warships available bo forthwith armed and equipped and put into condition for active service. In addition to this about 50 merchant steamers, available for the government service, will be provided with naval armaments. For tho military branch of the service a fresh expedition of 20,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry will bp equipped nnd put on a war footing, and will be kept in readiness to leave on the shortest no tice. In view of the excited state of tho public mind, the United States legation in this city has been placed under the special surveillance of the police. Tho government has issued an order prohi biting the various dem onstrations which havo been planned by students and all similar demonstra tions. At Valencia all tho students of the university paraded the streets and then gathered before the U. S. con sulate, shouting: "Dath to Uncle Sam!" "Viva Spain!" and "Long live the army!"' Tho Imparcial. the semi-official organ of the government, says on tho crisis: "If things reach tho goal which Amer icans desire, the whole of Spain will rise against the United States. Neither in the Mediterranean, whose entrance we command, nor in the Atlantic will American merchantmen be safe, for we shall organize privatcerson a great scale. We conquered Napoleon by guerrilla warfare, and we shallemploy a system of privateers to overcome a trading nation. Americans are wrong to judge Spain by her budget. There are things which are superiorto reve nue. Some merchant captains have already olfered to arm their steamers as privateers." What I ncle Rum Think of It. Washington: Intenso interest cen tered in tho dispatches showing the demonstrative feelings existing in Spain against tho Americans regard ing the Cuban question, and the statement that tho government is increasing it,s naval force. No surprise was expressed at demon strations which have occurred, in fact such were expected. The whole mat ter is regarded simply as that of mob violence of which the Spanish govern ment has not in any manner been re sponsible. Ah the "case now stands nothing has happened that cannot bo easily and readily adjusted by the means always at tho disposal of diplo macy, and that too in a manner that will'leave no stain upon the honor of cither of the parties to this affair. Hon. Herbert Rowen, U. S. consul general at Rarcelona, is believed to bo a very good official to have in this troublesome place at this time. He has the reputation of being a man of sound discretion and excellent judg ment, cool and well prepared to face an emergency with great stability of character and plenty of nerve. Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts, said: Tho news from Spain Is grave for ft shows that tho Spanish pooplo and tho Spanish edi tors utterly fail to comorehend tho situation hero. They forget that they recognised tho belligerency of tho confederacy within three month after Sumter, whilo wo allowed lit years to prtss In tho last Cuban war and one year in this beforo moving. We havo shown n long forbearance, whicii they failed to show to us. Tho United states roust do wh it it is their duty to do. We cannot suffer that use less, brutal warfare to go on. The New York Yacht club cupelled Lord Dun raven. Reading peoplo allege that Mrs. Chas. Stoner knocked her 5-year-old daughter senseless with a broomstick und has also horsewhipped her. The child is in a critical condition. A woman's rights club has been' or ganized in St. Jo-eph. Mo., nnd arrange ments havo been rondo for putting in a billiard tarlo and a woman barber. Six thousand dczen e.sr; wero cooked hard at one baking In Ovid, Mich., ono day last week. They were stored in a warehouse which was burned. "In honor of a young lady visiting tho town" a very successful dog fight wan given In Swampdale, Ky., the other day, according to a local paper. While a lawyer In Rumford Falls, N. Y was marrying a couple the other day a man v.aa waiting In the outer oClco to consult him nicut a cait for divorce. GENERALITIES. GLIMPSES OF THE . DOING OF THE BUSY WORLD. Dr. Jameson Receives on Ovation at Tils Trial at London Cuban Filibusters Fare lladly at tho Hands of Uncle Sau i. Routing Reception to Dr. Jamcion, A great crowd greeted Dr. Jameson, tho leader of the Transvaal raid, when he was arraigned at the Row street polico court, London, on a charge of 'warring against a friendly state." Fourteen of Dr. Jameson's closest fol lowers had to answer the same charge. Dpi Jameson's entrance to the court was a signal for a remarkable scene. Evidently evcr3rone in the court room was of one mind in sympathizing with him. All were his friends, and all rose and uncovered .upon his appearance, giving him hearty cheers. It was in vain that the court officers sought to quell tho demonstration. It was evi dent that, although he was on trial as a criminal, he is in the popular eye a hero and his raid into the Transvaal, far from being viewed as a piratical enterprise, is looked upon as a chival rous and knightly adventure to succor hard-pressed friends and fellow-countrymen. After the preliminaries of the hear ing Sir John Rridge, chief magistrate, spoke of the seriousness of the charge against the men, but admitted them to 2,000 bail each on their personal recognizance. As Jameson and his men left tho building they were given a wild ovation by a waiting mob num bering thousands. Kcbt'Ilio i In Nicaragua- The flag of rebellion has once more been raised in Nicaragua and reports received from the north show that the whole district north of Lake Managua is in open rebellion against President Zelaya. Martial law has been pro claimed and the impressing of men into the army is being pushed rapidly. Managua is being prepared for defense. All mail and telegraphic communica tion between Managua and the dis turbed districts have been stopped. Details of the condition of affairs aro therefore meagre. The substance of the demands of the Leonists is a complete revision of tho constitution, giving further and more popular representation, and that the constitution in future should contain provisions making it impossible for a dictatorship to be declared. United States Minister Raker has cabled to Washington requesting that the United States gun vessel Alert bo dispatched to Corinto in order to pro tect the property of tho United States citizens. Cuban 1 'minister C'uplurad. The iron steamer Rermuda, living the llritish ling, was boarded and seized by revenue oliicers oft Liberty Island in New York harbor. The Rermuda had been under the watch of Spanish spies for some time under sus picion of carrying a Cuban filibuster expedition. There was evidence that she was preparing for sea and at 11 p. m. , just after a large party of Cubans had gone aboard, the revenue cutter Hudson steamed alongside and a boarding party arrested all on the Rermuda. No resistanco was oiTcred. Every man was seized. Among the captives was lien, (iarcia'.s sou and several other prominent Cubans. Four bags of gold were seized by the mar shals and a great quantity of arms and ammunitions. A. C. Gonzalez, a New York lawyer, connected with the Cuban junta, esti mated that the expedition had cost about .10(),00(). The Cubans, he said, were by no means discouraged how ever. 3,000 More Armenians Slaughtered. London: Tho Anglo-Armenian asso ciation has received a telegram from Constantinople which says that 3,000 Armenians have been .massacred at Arabkir, and that the widows and orphans of those killed are in terrible distress from cold and hunger. Tho dispatch also says that the Armenians of Sivas and Ccsarea aro in daily fear of massacre. Forced conversions to Islaniisra are general throughout the Asiatic provinces. London: The Daily News has a dis patch from Constantinople which says that on the first day of the Ramadan festival,, the Turks surrounded the Armenian quarter in Marsovan and or dered tho Armenians to accept Islam. Five hundred of them agreed to do so, but 150 recalcitrants were killed. The Chronicle has a dispatch from Constantinople which says that a fresh scries of massacres is reported in the Sivas and Kharput districts. Two llanlc Robbers Lynched. Two heaviiy armed desperados en tered tho City National bank at Wichita Falls, Ark., and demanded all the money. Cashier Frank Dorsey at tempted resistance and the robbers opened fire killing Dorsey and wotind ing Hookkeeper Langford. Then grabbing a few hundred dollars they galloped awav. but citizens pursued and surrounded them in a thicket. After a hot chase the desperados were captured and taken to jail guarded by a strong force of rangers. The rangers were called away by a ruse and a big mob battered the jail doors down and took possession of the prisoners. Thed were taken to an improvised scaffoly in front of tho bank and hung. Thed were identified as Foster Crawford any Younger Lewis, "tho kid," cattle thieves and general desperados. The latter died game, but Crawford, an older man, wilted. Over 0.000 garment workers have struck at Raltimoro and about 20,000 aro idle in consequence. The senate committee on commerce has voted to report favorably the bill for a high bridge across tho river at Detroit. The Columbus, Lima & Milwaukee railroad, which was abandoned after 42 miles of roadway had been graded from Lima to Defiance, O., may be re vived by Chicago capitalists and built from Columbus to Ray City via Adrian, with a branch to Detroit, and another to Saugatuck to connect with Milwau kee by steamer. This will connect Michigan with the Ohio and West Vir ginia ciiil Holds and give tho Penn sylvania nud R. & O. railroads entrance to Detroit. OUR LAWMAKERS AT WORK. Senate. Sixty-fifth day. The day was full of dramatic situations and fiery speeches as a result of tho crisis in tariff legislation resulting from the defeat of the tariff bill on the prev ious day. buouuso it did not contain a lree sil ver amendment tho defeat being accomplished by a combination of the Liomooratic. the Popu list and live free culver Hepublioan Senator it was Mr. Allen, lop.. Nen.. who brouynt up tho taii tt question osain. He ald ho bad be lieved it was tho honest purpooo of the itcpub liean party to enact a law pluclns gold and sil ver 011 e iual terms. Hut tho debato 01' tho day before showed tho Kepublicau leaders would, under no circumstances, uccept a frco coinage measure. Ho would, therefore, submit a dis tinct proposition to the c aalrmun of the tlnanej committee, namely, that ho lAlleut would en sure sufllcient I'opullst votes to give a majority of tho Senate, if the passage of the tariff bill was accompanied by tho adop tion of a free silver amendment. Mr. Cartor. Uep.. Mont., and Mr. Teller. Kep., Coio., free sliver advocates, denounced what they termod efforts to drive .ilver Kepublioans out of the party. Mr. Carter accuod tho east ern Uepublloans of being lead by 1'icsident Cleveland instead of by tho llnancial policy laid uown by tlio Kcpublican plat'orm of '.'. Mr. Hoar, Hep.. Mass., asked Mr. Carter If ho meant to say that the construction p aced 011 tho platform by i 'resilient Harrison wus "false and elusive." Also if ho intended to say tint if ho fails to convince his Kepublicau associates us to tho silver issuo ho then proposes to say to us: "Vou shall not pass any protective tariff bill unless you surrender yourconvictlons to us." Jf a proiectiVH tariiT bill is hereafter presented, fair and just, on wool, l?ad, ore, fruit and the various industries of tho west, does tne Senator mean to say that he will not let that bill pass unless wo surrander our con victions to him Mr. Carter replied that while silver Kepublicans were not wholly satlslied with tho administration and tho purposes of Mr. Harrison they did frel, bv his constant ciTorts. that the udminibtration was honestly seeking to htivo expression to liepublican opin ion on tne llnanclal question. As to whether if defeated in tholr efforts at recelvlnj? such legislation as they demand at tho hands of the lCcpubliean party tho silvor Kcpubiicnns of the west, who construe tho platform of as fa vorable to silver, would bo tho last to dosert the ship, and tttat if others, wno taUo a diner out view of tho question, should hnd it Incumbent upon them to leave tho vessel, tlio western men would jriuo with sorrow upon the sad spectacle. Mr. Hoar doclared that, not two per cent of eastern Kepublicans would go with Grover Cleveland as gold mononietallists. Mr. Teller interrupted with tho re.rarlc that this was stra'igu in view of tlie support tnat a majority of tho eastern Kepabltcans in congress bad jivca tho 1'residoiit. Mr. Teller continued to hotly denounce tho "desertion of the platform or 'in ' by tho Kcpublican congress. Mr. Sher man tooK a hand, favoring bimetallism when possible to maintain u parity with gold, but ob jected to a AO-cent dol nr. Tiio latter nart of the day was given to tho Cuban resolutions, Mr. U'hlto, of California, arguing that tho exe cutive was tho proper branch ot the govern ment to grant recognition of belligerency. HotTSE. Tne Van Horn-Tarsney contested election casn from the Kansas City, Mo., dis trict occupied the attention of the House. Se.vati:. Sixty-sixth day. A stirring speech by Mr. Vest in behalf of Cuba was the event of tho day. It was one of his bursts of cioiuonco. with wnich he at limes electriHes the Senate. He spoke of Spain as thu toothless old wolf, who hus lost one by 011a all her litter and was still clinging to tins single rein itriiug cub. llo pictured Spain us tlio impotent giant of despair in the rilgrim a Progress, gazing on doluat. in Impassioned words he made an apotheosis to liberty of rare beauty and fervor, adding with ringing emphasis that the Cuban patriots would never, never, never aain become tho unwilling suLt.ects of Spain. Mr. white, of California, und Mr. iriay, vt Dela ware, also . po!;e on tho Cuban resolutions. Tho urmy appropriation bill, carrying about f'ii.iKio.oiM, was passed. Mr. ITuctor. Kep.. Vt., then uddrcs.'iiU tho .-enato on coast deienses, his former service us secretary of war adding merest to his iciains At the outset he quoted a statement by' Admiral vV'alUer to tuc ci.'oct that, if the .ugli.h were to ser.u over such a naval force ns tney could spare from j-.uropo. they vouul havo tholr own way here, Tho .-.cnatortooU the ground tnat tr.e laid fort iiicutions are much more eilicient for ouast de fense than a 4:1 vy, and when oir-o constructed lire durable, cheaply maintained und easily Mrentithenod: tlmt the defease of our cities cannot be left to tho navy alone, however lar-re. The senator said the total amount appropriated up to da .e from und including .March .i. Ip-m, for tiie increase of tho navy, was .l jo.:i".i against only Slu.Mi.nu lor coast defer.se. lioir.sic The contested election case of Van Horn and larsnoy, ot Missouri, was tteeided ia favor of tbo lormer. but be. ore being voted upou was interrupted bv ono of the most e.citin?incideuts of the pres ent congress. It was the presentation of tne strong resolutions prepjred by tho foreign affair committee for the recognition of the t :uban belligerents iimid a sceue of great en thusiasm, .several times during their reading tne clern was Interrupted witn rounds 01 ringing upplauso and cheers from tho lioors and the galleries. Tho resolutions are in sub stance as follows: "Kesoived, that in the opin ion of congress, a state of public war exists ;n C'uta. the parties to which are entitled to belli gerent r ghts and that the United States n.iouid observe a strict neutrality between tho :,e:iigerenis. Kesoived. that congress deplores the destruction of l.fe and propertv caused by tli war Wiiging 011 taal island, and hoiicviug that tho only permanent solution of t.io coii trst e iuaiiy in beiiaif oi Spain and tho peop.'o of Cuba, and other nations, would bo in the es tablisnnitnt of a go.-einuiant by the choicoof tlio people of C'jha. it is the sense oi congress that the government of the -Unitod States siuvil 1 uso its goo I oiilccs 11:1 1 friendly in.iuenco to that cud. The United St lies has not interfered in ttio struggles between any Kuropean governments and lucir colonies on this continent, but from the close relations between the peoplo of ttie United States ant those of Cubu. in conse queaco of its proximity, and tho cxto.it of the commerco between the United States und tho island, th'j present war entails such loss upon people of the Unitod States that congress should be prepared to protect th3 legitimate Interests of Americans by intervention, if nec essary, liosolved. that congross pledges its bupport to tne President in carrying out tho foregoing resolutions." Mr. Hltt, chairman'Of tho foreign affairs committee. asUed. amid great cheering, for unanimous consent for the immcdiato consideration of tho resolutions. Mr. Houtclle. of Maine, strenuously objected to ' taking suea a-.-tion as miglit prcc p Uto a war with Spain without some deliberation," and they went over. Senate SIxty-soventh day. Uy tho over whelming vote or CI to 6 tho ScnaU adopted a concurrent resolution favorable to Cu'.mu bc. ngorency and Independence, us follows: "Ke f olved, by the Senate (the Houso of Represen tatives concurring) that in tho op nion of con gress a condition of public war exists between the government of Spain and tho government proclaimed and for somo time maintained bv force of arms by the peoplo of Cuba: and that the United states of America should maintain a strict neutrality between the contending powers, uccordiug to caen all tho rights of imiiigcrents ia tuo ports and territories of fho United stales, lies dved, that the friendly o'llces of the United Mates should be offered by tno President to :rpa!n for the recog nition of the lndepc.idoico of Cuba." Housk. Thoro was an enthusiastic demon stration when Secretary Cox, of tho Senate, appeared and announced tho pnssago by the upper branch of congress of the Cuban resolu tions, but the matter did not come up in any other form during the day. The whole dav was spent in tho consideration of the legisla tive appropriation bill, and considerable pro gress was made. GENERALITIES IN BRIEF. Tlio N. Y., V. cc O. railroad was sold nt Akron. ()., for 810,000,000 to the tirst mortgajjo bondholders. Over ftOO clothing cutters nro out on a strike in Chicagro, and several hun dred will go out at Cincinnati. An imperial edict has been issued by tho sultan permitting Miss Clara Nor ton, president of tho American lied Cross society, and her representatives, to travel in Anatolia and distribute re lief to sufferers there. The executive assembly of the grand council of tho Knights of Pythias mot at Cincinnati and decided that, In view of the fact that tho western railroads would not give them as good rates to Minneapolis us they do the (1. A. I', to St. Paul, the biennial convention of the supreme lodge will be held at Cleveland, Aug. U.', instead of at Min neapolis, j Commander Kva C. I'.noth, who suc ceeded l.allington I.ooth to tho com mand of the Salvation Army in Amer ica, has issued an appeal to the army to remain true to the established or ganization and jirincinlcs. LATE CONGRESSIONAL. Senate. Sixty-eighth day. A bill wn passed giving the Presldect authority in cuso of emergency to call out the naval militia; authorizing the addition of 1.0):) enlisted men to the navy: the enlisting for not more than two jears of the uavul militia forces in case of emergency aid the chartering of trans port ship in case of emergency. The bill at tracted considerable attention ia view of the tension over Spanish-Cuban affairs. Jn ex plaining tho measure Mr. Hale, who reported it from tho naval committee, said that while ho din not believe the United States would be in volved In war as a result of tho presont troubles. et he considered it desirable to be prepared. Air. Call, of Florida, urgtd the adoption of res olutions demanding ot the Spanish govern ment a statement as to the chargos made by Mr. (,ome.. an editor of Havana, that he was tortured In a dungeon tor two months to extort from him evidence against Julius Sanguilly. a citizen of the U. S.; also to insist on a full re port of tho coe of Sanguilly who is reported to be imprisoned for life by "Spnln on suspicion and without ovidenco: also to demand tho re lease of Mlchelseu and 1'retancourt. New York newspaper correspondents arrested for merely entering the lines o! tho Cuban Insurgonts for information: also to demand that Amer icans captured by Spanish troops in Cuba be treated humanely. Tho resolutions were referred. A resolution by Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, was agreed to calling on tho Beore tary of tho treasury for information on the earnings of tho Paclllo railroads from tho lime of their organization. Tne following bills wero among a score of minor measures passed: Providing certain requirements for vessels propelled by naphtha, gas. tluld or electric motors: establishing a naval training station 011 tioat island in tho harbor of San I ranciseo: to prevent the carrying of obsceno literature nnd articles designed lor indecent and immoral use from ono state or territory to another. The Houso resolutions on Cuba wero reported and referred to the com mittee on foreign relations. Hottse. Tho Houso passed Its Cuban belliger ency resolutions by an enormous majority. There wero only 17 dissenting votes. Tho ac tion of tho Houso in missing Its own resolutions instead of those of I hi senate will necessitat e action bv conferees. There is. however, no doubt of harmonious action in conference, and tho practically unanimoui indorsement of whatever report is made by the conferees in l;oth houses. A feature of the closing moments of the mainly one-sided debate was a spirited speech by Kep. Smith, of Michigan, in reply to J udgo Turner, of Georgia, one of tho dissenters- Crying for War in Jiadrld. Madrid: If one may judge by the things that have been said, and some of tho thiugs that have been done, the Spanish people aro enthusiastically de termined to go to war forthwith with tho United States, and to speedily avenge the insult which, it Is fancied, has been offered .to the haughty pride of Spain by the IT. S. senate. Somo of tho organs of public opinion declare that the bankruptcy of the Spanish government would not prevent the Spanish peoplo from taking up tho quarrel on their own account, and fitting out expeditions and maintaining themselves at their own expense while combating the insolence of the assertions of the L'nitcd States. There seems to havo been a notable increase of excitement and pat riotic ardor among the people since the news of the senate's action was first made known. The Spanish authorities seem to have felt apprehensions of the form the people's wrath might take, and pro vided special safeguards for tha sup pression of disorders, and especially for the protection of any oilicial repre sentative of the U. S. government. French anil Ilruzlllans at War. Paris: The Politoque Colonial pub lishes a telegram from tho French con sular agent at Para, lirazil, reporting that conllicts have taken place in the disputed territory, Amapa, between Trench Guiana and ISrazil. It is added that the French troops have half de stroyed Amapa after losing 100 killed and wounded, including four oiliccrs. ICnglaid Send Information. London: The llritish case in the boundary dispute between Great llrit ain anil Venezuela is now ready and advance copies havo been sent to U. S. Ambassador llayard to be mailed to Washington. The jury in the case of Capt. Wiborg, nnd mates Petersen and Johanscn who on trial in the U. S. district court at Philadelphia, charged with violating the neutrality laws by carrying an armed expedition to Cuba, on the steamer llorsa, returned a verdict of guilty. THE MARKETS. MVK STOCK. 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Live Poultry, chickens, to per lb: turkos. lie; ducks, tic. Kggs, fresh. l:c per do. Uuttcr, fresh dairy, loo per lb creamery. 2lc. KEVIKW OT TRADE. In torce iiiarters business gains, at the west rnther than at tho east, but there is no general change for the better, although hopefulness still predominates. Tho want of suftlclent de mand tor tho products of great industries still retards actual Improvement. Strikes of some importance in garment making anil kindred lines affo.t trade in Chicago and Baltimore, but there ure fewer labor difficulties than usual, as existing conditions warn wage earners that controversies at this time are unwise. Wheat has takon a tlight upward, with rumors of for eign supplies as tho only basis. Kstimatcs of wheat in farmers' hands are lower than last year, but still indicate with visible stocus of supply much beyond probable noods. Cotton has been weaker, with only fair receipts, tho important decline in goods having much influ ence. Woolen mills ure receiving considerable orders for spring goods, but business for tho fu ture does not mend. Tho feature in iron has boon tho largo demand for wrought and cast plpo. Large orders for structural work aro received at Chicago and expected at the east, as building plans aro unusually large, fail ures the Kist week havo been "JiH In tne Unitod states, agaist 2d tho same week last year. Movent men t Yln w Victory. The government forces hare com menced an advance upon the depart ments in revolt. Tho town of Is'aga rote was attacked and taken by Rtorm by the government troops. This town is , near the western shore of Lako Mana gua, about 23 miles northwest of the city of Managua nnd on the routo to ward heon, the seat of revolt It is re garded as a most Important victory for the government. Three men tried to rob the Merchants' bnnkttt Warren, Ark. In a fusilado of shots which followed Cashier Adair and T. M. Uoodwin were wounded. Thy desperados escaped without booty.